Where are they now: Bob Green

Bob Green, 61, who was recovering from the effects of throat cancer treatment, is doing much better. Doctors found a heart condition that was making it difficult for him to think and made him a fall risk. It’s being treated and now he has a lot more energy and is considering looking for part-time work.

Bob Green, 61, was very frail after cancer treatments and a heart condition.RALPH BARRERA / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

He still has worries about his financial future. Right now, his Season for Caring funding has ended, and he has no income. He does have a reader helping him go through the process of qualifying for Social Security Disability. He also has a roommate to offset some of the rent.

Dr. Kelly Keith was able to give Green a whole new mouth. He’s even working with him to see about inserting implants instead of the dentures that Green now has. The dental work has made a huge difference to Green.

“I’ve got teeth now,” he says. “I can eat.”

Season for Caring recipient Bob Green receives a dental evaluation from Dr. Kelly Keith for much needed dental surgery. Dr. Keith has donated his services through the Capital Area Dental Foundation so Green can have dentures and other work done at an estimated free cost of $7500.RALPH BARRERA / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

One of the most touching things that happened was a seventh-grade English class in the Del Valle school district wrote him cards telling them they were thinking of him.

“They told me I’m not alone,” he says. “They were thinking about me.”

Green has started being able to help his neighbors in his affordable senior housing complex.

“What happens out here is you get so lonely,” he says. “I encourage people and tell them about (Season for Caring.) I try to spread the good will that you all put in me, through my actions.”

Look for other updates all week and meet a new round of Season for Caring families on Nov. 30. Share your stories of giving on Instagram and Twitter at #seasonforcaring.

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